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The months of the Tamil Calendar have great significance and are deeply rooted in the faith of Tamil Hindus. Some months are considered very auspicious, while a few are considered inauspicious as well. Tamil months start and end based on the Sun's shift from one Rāsi to the other, but the names of the months are based on the star on the start ...
Tenth month November: Mbudzi: Translates to Goat.During this month, goats are said to not give birth. As such, it is considered a taboo for a couple within the Shona societies to get married in November. December: Zvita: A time of giving thanks for having made it through the year. Derived from Mazvita, which means 'thank you' in Shona.
Seasons are different times of the year and there are 12 months in the year. Every month has its own special season. The word is derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word Ṛtú , a fixed or appointed time, especially the proper time for sacrifice ( yajna ) or ritual in Vedic religion ; this in turn comes from the word Ṛta (ऋत), as used in ...
The solar months are named differently in different regional calendars. While the Malayalam calendar broadly retains the phonetic Sanskrit names, the Bengali and Tamil calendars repurpose the Sanskrit lunar month names (Chaitra, Vaishaka etc.) as follows: The Tamil calendar replaces Mesha, Vrisha etc. with Chithirai, Vaigasi etc.
'new year'), also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of Chittirai. It falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar. [1]
The division of a year for each is twelve 30-day months or 360 days, where a day is divided into a 12-hour day proper and 12-hour night. [22] A 30-day month amounts to four 7-day weeks with an extra 8th day every two weeks (48-week year).
The Tamil Panchangam is based on the same and is generally used in contemporary times to check auspicious times for cultural and religious events. [210] The calendar follows a 60-year cycle. [211] There are 12 months in a year starting with Chithirai when the Sun enters the first Rāśi and the number of days in a month varies between 29 and 32 ...
It falls on the day the moon transits the nakshatram (asterism) of Uttiram (Uttara Phalguni) in the twelfth month Panguni of the Tamil calendar. [2] This coincides with the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna/Chaitra. [3] Panguni is also the last month of the Solar Tamil Calendar year after which the next New Tamil Year begins.